http://www.pashminashawls.org Cashmere and Pashminas 2008-11-01T16:13:24Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.pashminashawls.org/2008/11/pashmina-another-frontier-of-indo-pak-fight-on-kashmir/ 2008-11-01T16:13:24Z admin There is a strange battle brewing up between India and Pakistan. The wool comes not from Sheep but from a Goat. That goat is local to Srinagar Valley although they have been taken and bred in various other locations to meet the demand of the craze of Cashmere (Pashmina) shawls and clothing. There is a concept [...] http://www.pashminashawls.org/2008/09/wrongly-labelled-shawls-throws-have-impact-on-ezibuy/ 2008-09-01T15:09:45Z admin Complaints about Australasia’s largest catalogue retailer, EziBuy, using misleading labelling and advertising have had continuing consequences on both sides of the Tasman. Despite a settlement 12 months ago with the Commerce Commission in New Zealand over wrongly labelled “mohair” throws, the retailer allegedly went on to sell cashmere pashmina shawls which were actually cotton polyester. Ezibuy initially [...] http://www.pashminashawls.org/2008/08/an-expat-discovers-perus-answer-to-the-orient-express-experience/ 2008-08-31T15:09:09Z admin When winter descends on Lima, blanketing the city in fog, we take advantage of the natural break that school holidays afford teachers to escape to sunnier parts of Peru. This year’s break coincided with a visit from my in-laws, which provided the excuse I’d been looking for to treat us to a trip on the [...] http://www.pashminashawls.org/2008/08/nancy-pelosi-doesnt-tell-all-in-%e2%80%98know-your-power%e2%80%99/ 2008-08-30T15:07:40Z admin I’ve never been entirely clear about the point of books like these, and never less so now that I’ve read Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s quasi-autobiography “Know Your Power.” Subtitled “A Message to America’s Daughters,” the 21-year congressional veteran says she means to do two things by detailing her life story: Pay homage to [...] http://www.pashminashawls.org/2008/08/matthew-mcconaughey-vs-clay-aiken-a-study-in-dad-contrasts/ 2008-08-29T14:50:20Z admin Today brings the joyous news that ovary-shaking Idol demigod Clay Aiken has become a father to a healthy baby boy through the miracle of cutting edge fertilization techniques (the specs of how it was all accomplished are available here, if you care). In honour of this most improbable celebrity parenthood, we thought we’d compare and [...] http://www.pashminashawls.org/2008/08/the-fashions-that-never-die/ 2008-08-28T14:48:59Z admin Some fashions are like zombies: they just refuse to die. In all good horror films, the zombie will be shot down, battered over the head, and buried six feet under. Then it rises from the dead, ready to make you the next victim. The cover of the new issue of Vogue features something back from [...] http://www.pashminashawls.org/2008/08/rug-afficionados-can-cover-themselves-by-knowing-long-history/ 2008-08-27T13:49:25Z admin In non-Western cultures, rugs are highly valued works of art. In some communities, rugs maintain a similar status to that of paintings in Wwestern culture. Various styles of rugs are made in Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, China, India and Persia (Iran). While rug production experienced its greatest flourishing from the 15th through 17th centuries, rugs [...] http://www.pashminashawls.org/2008/08/make-a-style-statement-with-scarves/ 2008-08-26T13:48:49Z admin They originated in Roman times and were the favourite neckwear of emperors and commoners. Today, scarves come in a variety of colours and shapes and can be worn in an equally eclectic manner of ways. However, scarves are not as popular here as in the West - but are slowly getting there, both as a necessity [...] http://www.pashminashawls.org/2008/08/whats-your-style-statement/ 2008-08-25T13:48:04Z admin They originated in Roman times and were the favourite neckwear of emperors and commoners. Today, scarves come in a variety of colours and shapes and can be worn in an equally eclectic manner. However, scarves are not as popular here as in the West - but are slowly getting there, both as a necessity and [...] http://www.pashminashawls.org/2008/08/view-the-decorex-newsletter/ 2008-08-24T13:46:52Z admin - Swimming in Luxury If you live in Roman Abramovich’s world you might be forgiven for thinking that everyone owns a yacht and private jet. It’s a sure thing we don’t, but an annual investigation into the shopping habits of the rich and famous by investment bank Merrill Lynch suggests that more and more super [...]